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Ex-Mossad man caught off-guard by comedian

A former Mossad official says he was the target of the latest undercover operation by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

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  • Published: 21:57 July 6, 2008
  • Gulf News

Occupied Jerusalem: A former Mossad official says he was the target of the latest undercover operation by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

Israeli analyst Yossi Alpher says he was invited to be interviewed for what was supposed to be a documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Alpher says he was led down a winding staircase and through long corridors to the interview site in Occupied Jerusalem.

He says he began suspecting something was amiss when he saw the interviewer, a man claiming to be a German rock star dressed in leather and studs.

The questioner compared the conflict in the Middle East to the spat between actor Brad Pitt's former and current wives.

Alpher says only later did he find out that the "German" man was Cohen's latest character: Bruno.

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